anadil
noun C1- mother tongue
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -im.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: anadilinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After a vowel, y joins the ending: anadiliyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Kendi anadilinde konuşurken oldukça mantıklı ve doğrudan olan bir kişi, sonradan öğrendiği diğer dilde daha duygusal veya esnek davranışlar sergileyebilir.
A person who is quite logical and direct when speaking in their own native language may exhibit more emotional or flexible behaviors in the other language they learned later.
Yetişkin öğreniciler, anadillerinin yıllar içinde yarattığı güçlü zihinsel alışkanlıkları kırmak ve tamamen yeni bir gramer yapısına uyum sağlamak zorundadırlar.
Adult learners have to break the strong mental habits created by their native languages over the years and adapt to a completely new grammar structure.
Yabancı bir dildeki yoğun hüznü veya taşkın sevinci kendi anadiline eksiksiz taşımaya çalışmak, paha biçilmez bir cam vazoyu çatlatmadan taşımaya benziyordu.
Trying to carry the intense sorrow or exuberant joy in a foreign language flawlessly into one's own mother tongue was like carrying a priceless glass vase without cracking it.
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